Import/export HS code 850151: Small DC motors

DC motors with a power output not exceeding 750 watts

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Germany 40,313,458
Italy 11,134,953
China 10,434,638
Netherlands 9,446,937
Switzerland 8,637,832

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Germany 20,069,201 20,244,257 +175,056
Italy 5,049,305 6,085,648 +1,036,343
China 5,100,906 5,333,732 +232,826
Netherlands 5,127,506 4,319,431 -808,075
Switzerland 3,703,762 4,934,070 +1,230,308
France 3,294,272 3,831,368 +537,096
United States 2,116,200 1,548,440 -567,760
Belgium 1,487,486 1,241,662 -245,824
Czechia 1,540,449 1,106,767 -433,682
Austria 1,161,725 1,120,665 -41,060

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Germany 32,641,688
China 13,808,355
Italy 12,102,001
France 8,790,218
Switzerland 8,010,399

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Germany 15,981,487 16,660,201 +678,714
China 6,887,671 6,920,684 +33,013
Italy 5,736,478 6,365,523 +629,045
France 3,897,567 4,892,651 +995,084
Switzerland 3,526,949 4,483,450 +956,501
Poland 3,508,359 2,929,010 -579,349
United States 2,286,291 2,168,142 -118,149
Japan 1,438,944 2,428,442 +989,498
Czechia 1,538,681 1,233,636 -305,045
United Kingdom 2,023,178 735,656 -1,287,522

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 121
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 95
West Yorkshire 85
West Midlands 79
Greater Manchester 76

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 79 90 +11
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 56 70 +14
West Yorkshire 60 62 +2
West Midlands 55 59 +4
Greater Manchester 49 49 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 47 57 +10
Shropshire and Staffordshire 44 53 +9
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 47 48 +1
Surrey, East and West Sussex 41 39 -2
Inner London - West 36 45 +9

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 44,458,147
Air transport 40,211,366
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 26,215,376
Other 1,591,352
Road transport 595,576

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 22,307,171 22,150,976 -156,195
Air transport 18,995,366 21,216,000 +2,220,634
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,000,297 13,215,079 +214,782
Other 645,094 946,258 +301,164
Road transport 87,024 508,552 +421,528

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 21,174,597
Birmingham Airport 16,179,871
Thamesport 10,837,890
Felixstowe 9,504,642
East Midlands Airport 9,480,728

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover 10,194,310 10,980,287 +785,977
Birmingham Airport 7,198,498 8,981,373 +1,782,875
Thamesport 5,837,111 5,000,779 -836,332
Felixstowe 4,436,824 5,067,818 +630,994
East Midlands Airport 4,667,642 4,813,086 +145,444
London Heathrow Airport 4,084,902 4,995,220 +910,318
Eurotunnel 3,145,420 3,661,665 +516,245
London 2,161,775 2,585,973 +424,198
Purfleet 2,860,461 1,830,106 -1,030,355
London Gateway Port 1,676,695 2,673,744 +997,049

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
334
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
240
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
130
Manufacture of food products
107
Other manufacturing
86

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 274
2026-04 274
2026-03 273
2026-02 285
2026-01 252

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
54m+ 626
1m-15m 575
15m-54m 180
Other 117
0-1m 112

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Italy 8,619,371
United States 6,722,530
Germany 5,884,966
Spain 5,773,156
Canada 3,998,089

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Italy 5,029,392 3,589,979 -1,439,413
United States 3,068,421 3,654,109 +585,688
Germany 3,144,491 2,740,475 -404,016
Spain 2,875,331 2,897,825 +22,494
Canada 545,478 3,452,611 +2,907,133
China 743,888 3,172,789 +2,428,901
Ireland 1,774,962 1,670,929 -104,033
Australia 367,527 3,029,281 +2,661,754
France 2,036,179 1,325,906 -710,273
India 1,516,100 1,802,817 +286,717

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
China 78,680
Italy 16,897
Brazil 15,287
Germany 12,331
XI 8,176

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 36,748 41,932 +5,184
Italy 6,017 10,880 +4,863
Brazil 8,830 6,457 -2,373
Germany 1,412 10,919 +9,507
XI 3,526 4,650 +1,124
Georgia 0 4,784 +4,784
Poland 0 3,466 +3,466
Malta 0 609 +609
Ireland 307 0 -307

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Air transport 39,182,725
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 35,421,487
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 15,575,118
Other 159,653
Road transport 26,929

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Air transport 15,124,471 24,058,254 +8,933,783
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 19,141,723 16,279,764 -2,861,959
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 7,394,249 8,180,869 +786,620
Other 72,074 87,579 +15,505
Road transport 26,929 0 -26,929

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Heathrow Airport 25,311,225
Dover / Eurotunnel 23,823,601
London Gateway Port 8,005,367
East Midlands Airport 5,740,630
Portsmouth 4,985,094

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Heathrow Airport 9,281,479 16,029,746 +6,748,267
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,752,737 12,070,864 +318,127
London Gateway Port 4,056,892 3,948,475 -108,417
East Midlands Airport 3,240,527 2,500,103 -740,424
Portsmouth 2,768,959 2,216,135 -552,824
Southampton 2,182,292 2,003,656 -178,636
ZLC 1,410,481 2,139,389 +728,908
Holyhead 1,278,831 1,171,077 -107,754
Dover 2,098,100 130,936 -1,967,164
Felixstowe 698,821 1,403,103 +704,282

Quick facts

HS code: 850151

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: DC motors with a power output not exceeding 750 watts